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Liverpool keeper concedes embarrassing goal

Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet has been left red-faced after conceding a free kick for holding onto the ball too long and then surrendering a goal during the Reds’ Europa League clash with Bordeaux.

In a shocking blunder that will only fuel speculation about his future at Merseyside, the maligned shot-stopper paid the ultimate price for flouting the ball holding rule when he took an eternity to take a clearance kick.

Mignolet's moment of madness occurred in the 31st minute when he cleaned up a ball in the box and inexplicably held onto it for an astonishing 22 seconds.

Under football rules, keepers can only handle the ball for six seconds before disposing of it to eliminate time-wasting.

But with Mignolet refusing to play on the refereree blew his whistle and awarded Bordeaux an indirect free on the edge of the penalty area.

Then, in the ultimate indignity, the Belgian was beaten by a blast from Henri Saivet, which rocketed into the top right corner to break the 0-0 deadlock.

Fortunately, the goal didn’t prove too costly, with Liverpool leveling the scores from the penalty spot five minutes later before Christian Benteke slotted home a second goal in first half stoppage time to give them a 2-1 victory.

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However, Mignolet has been lampooned on social media since the blunder and was even on the end of a shot from Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp during the post-match press conference when he referred to the keeper while mocking a journalist for dithering over a question.